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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the man tell stories about on the ferry ride William takes from Connecticut?
(a) Nuclear submarines.
(b) Indian lore.
(c) Unusual fish.
(d) Rock formations.

2. What university did Tom attend for two years?
(a) Boston College.
(b) Vermont College.
(c) University of Lowell.
(d) University of New Hampshire.

3. How does William travel from the Adirondacks in New York to the state of Vermont?
(a) By ferry across Lake Champlain.
(b) Goes into Canada and then crosses into Vermont.
(c) Drives around Lake Champlain.
(d) By train.

4. Where is the ferry heading that William takes from Connecticut?
(a) Cape Cod.
(b) Block Island.
(c) Boston.
(d) Long Island.

5. At the end of his journey, what time of day does William plan to reach Columbia?
(a) Lunchtime.
(b) Morning.
(c) Nightfall.
(d) Early afternoon.

6. What time does William meet Tom at the dock in the morning?
(a) Three-thirty.
(b) Four.
(c) Ten.
(d) Six.

7. How old is Marion?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Seventy-five.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Eighty.

8. What is Stacie McDougald running away from?
(a) Grandparents.
(b) Police.
(c) Abusive stepfather.
(d) Drug dealers.

9. Whom does William call from a pay phone in western Oregon?
(a) The police.
(b) A fellow teacher.
(c) His wife.
(d) Barbara Pierre.

10. Who is staying in the dorm the night William sleeps at a university in Michigan?
(a) Insurance salesman.
(b) Basketball player.
(c) Student.
(d) Security guard.

11. What state is William in when he wakes up with a bad cold?
(a) Oregon.
(b) Idaho.
(c) North Dakota.
(d) Montana.

12. What coastal town does William find has changed--and not for the better--since his years in the navy?
(a) Newport.
(b) Jamestown.
(c) Warwick.
(d) Point Judith.

13. Who planted a symbolic privet-hedge labyrinth in Harmonie in 1820?
(a) Rappites.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Businessmen.
(d) Methodists.

14. What phrase does Black Elk use in The Sacred Pipe that stuns William because he thought he had coined the phrase?
(a) Ruled by his senses.
(b) Blue road.
(c) Ancient rites of man.
(d) Mute looking glass.

15. Who takes William on a walking tour of Smith Island?
(a) Robert.
(b) Alice.
(c) James.
(d) Kerry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What town does William look up in the library of Oregon State University?

2. What weather does William say causes "Oregon blues"?

3. What name did Robert Owen give the town of Harmonie?

4. How old is the farmhouse that Pete and his wife refurbished?

5. Where does William spend the night on Smith Island?

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